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Closing the Gender Gap in Economics | The Economics Teacher Staffroom

Geoff Riley

9th September 2025

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In this episode of the Economics Teacher Staffroom we discuss what could cause this gender gap in A-Level Economics and what are the possible strategies for addressing the issue.

Here, Jon is joined by Josie Aston, Cathy Williams, Fiona McClafferty (and her cat!) and George Vlachonikolis.

Jon asks:

• Is it a challenge to encourage girls to take economics and what's the main reason for this?

• Tell me about strategies you've used or ideas you've had that could be used to close the gender gap in different settings.

During the episode, Cathy refers to a survey conducted by the RES which can be accessed here: https://res.org.uk/wp-content/...

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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